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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:42:37 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CVS and bsd.port.mk 
Message-ID:  <60627.955546957@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:45:45 MST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004111527130.25535-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com> 

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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:45:45 MST, Ken Bolingbroke wrote:

> So is there a better way of having fetch use passive mode that doesn't get
> wiped out in CVS updates?  Something like /etc/rc.conf overriding
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf, perhaps?

Yes, you can set FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=yes in the environment of whomever
uses the ports system.  The variable is mentioned in the fetch(1) manual
page.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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